A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire
Lucifer’s Lexicon

Modern life, properly defined.

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HUMAN IN THE LOOP

n.A person retained to accept responsibility for the machine's decisions.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer beside an autonomous decision machine while a weary accountable human signs its output inside a circular workflow.
The illustrated dictionary HUMAN IN THE LOOP
A connected train of thought

  1. Data & AI

    GENERATIVE AI n.

    A method of generating plausible text and implausible valuations in a Ponzi scheme of mutual enthusiasm, whose promised return is a workforce without workers.

  2. Corporate Speak

    ACCOUNTABILITY n.

    Responsibility assigned downward after authority has remained above.

  3. Corporate Speak

    AUTONOMY n.

    Freedom to choose among approved alternatives.